Lyme education events in 2016
The following Lyme education events are scheduled in the coming months. Contact individual organizations for details.
April 30, Saturday. Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education Conference. Wiscasset, Maine.
Keynote speaker: Dr. Dan Cameron, immediate past president of ILADS; other speakers: Pat Smith, Lyme Disease Association; Dorothy Leland, co-author, When Your Child Has Lyme Disease: A Parentās Survival Guide; Sheila Statlender, Ph.D., clinical psychologist; Bob Giguerre, IGeneX Laboratory; and a panel of naturopathic doctors. http://midcoastlymediseasesupport.blogspot.com/p/conference.html
April 30-May 1.Ā 9th Annual Medical-Scientific Conference on Morgellons Disease. Austin, Texas.
Speakers include the following ILADS members:Ā Eva Sapi, PhD, Ā Raphael Stricker, MD, Carsten Nicolaus, PhD, Ginger Savely, DNP, Marianne Middelveen, MDSc, Eboni Cornish, MD, Joystna Shah, MD of IGeneX labs. http://thecehf.org/morgellons-2016-conference/
May 7, Saturday. Lyme and other Tick-borne DiseasesāFirst Rocky Mountain Forum. Golden, Colorado.
Speakers:Ā Dr. Dan Cameron, immediate past president of ILADS; Pat Smith, President of Lyme Disease Association; Dr. David Martz, and others. Ā https://www.facebook.com/events/478948055635887/
May 7, Saturday. Lyme Disease Conference at Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York.
Dr. Baghat Sammakia, PhD, Binghamton University; Dr. Ralph Garruto, PhD, Binghamton University; Ms. Amanda Roome, Binghamton University; Robert Giguere, IGeneX Labs; Dr. Tom Moorcroft, and Dr. Richard Horowitz; http://www.southerntierlymesupport.org/
May 8, Sunday, Vestal, NY.Ā āThe Little Thingsā
A dramatic reading about 17-year-old Lyme victim Joseph Eloneās family, by Storyhouse Theater. Performance begins at 11:30 a.m. Talk following by Dr. Richard Horowitz. Free admission, but you must register in advance for tickets. More information at: http://www.southerntierlymesupport.org/
May 11th, Wednesday, Hyde Park, NY.
Watch for upcoming information about the Dutchess County Legislative Tick Task Force program at the Wallace Center, on the FranklinĀ D. Roosevelt Estate. Event will be free and open to the public.
May 19, Thursday. 10thĀ Annual Lyme Connection Program, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury CT.
Health Fair begins at 5 pm. Program at 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Keynote speaker: Dr Kenneth Liegner; Award to Dr. Charles Ray Jones. For details seeĀ www.LymeConnection.org.
May 21, Saturday, Central Mass Lyme Disease Conference, Worcester, MA.
Keynote address: Dr. Charles Ray Jones. Other speakers include Dr. Steven Phillips, Dr. Kenneth Bock, Dr. Sheila Statlender, authors Jenny Rush and Dorothy Leland, and more. http://centralmasslymeconference.com
If your group has scheduled such an event, please send information to newsletter@lymedisease.org. We’ll update this list periodically.
Any events in the upper Midwest, MN and WI?Lots of Lyme up here, yet we seem to get left behind when it comes to awareness and education. There are still a lot of people here, including doctors, who don’t know as much about Lyme as they should.
THANKS FOR THE UPDATES ON EVENTS š
bettyg, iowa activist
Most of these events are being put on by local support groups and organizations in the area. It’s not really that areas are being left out but rather there isn’t someone to coordinate the event
Both MN and WI have statewide Lyme organizations with websites. There are a few local support groups, but not as many as you’d think for top 10 Lyme states. Closest to me is an hour drive away. Maybe us Midwesterners are uncomfortable sharing our health issues in public. But there are support groups and awareness and fundraising events for other diseases. I think we need some of that public visability.
Cost is another reason why we don’t have the kind of events listed here. I volunteer for a local, community-run music festival. I know how expensive it is for us to bring in talent from the coasts. I’m sure it’s the same for the Lyme organizations up here. They can’t afford to bring in these experts.
So I understand why it’s highly unlikely I’d ever get the chance to see Dr. Horowitz speak, for example. But I still can’t help but feel we’re missing out up here.
There can be costs associated with putting on events like this–room and equipment rental, etc. However, “talent” isn’t usually one of those costs. Most–if not all–of these Lyme speakers donate their time and energy to participate in events like this.
That’s cool that they donate their time. There is transportation, don’t know who usually pays that. We have no shortage of places to hold these events.
I really wish there was Lyme Dr’s in south Florida. … my Dr told me to go see a shrink….. but the blood test came back positive, they think the remaining symptoms are in my head…. I’m not the same person I was….. I want me back!!!
Do you know of any Lyme Dr’s in Palm Beach, or Broward county???
Holly
Recommend you get in touch with the Florida Lyme Disease Association, which can inform you about resources in your area. http://www.flda.org/